BedtimePilotDirect answer · Sleep planning guide
Start with tomorrow's fixed wake-up goal. Subtract the planned sleep duration, then subtract time to settle, then subtract wind-down. The result is four separate checkpoints: wind down, get into bed, target sleep, and wake up.
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Choose a duration that allows enough sleep rather than starting with a preferred late bedtime. Settling time is not sleep, and wind-down is not settling time. Keeping these separate prevents an evening routine from consuming the sleep opportunity unnoticed.
With 7 hours 30 minutes planned sleep, 15 minutes to settle and 45 minutes to wind down, the checkpoints are 10:30 PM, 11:15 PM, 11:30 PM and 7 AM. The evening times are the previous day. Changing the buffers moves evening checkpoints while keeping the morning fixed.
Sleep cycles vary from person to person and across the night. We use 90 minutes as a planning reference, not a measurement of your actual sleep stages.
Choose a duration that allows enough sleep rather than starting with a preferred late bedtime. Settling time is not sleep, and wind-down is not settling time. Keeping these separate prevents an evening routine from consuming the sleep opportunity unnoticed.
Results are planning estimates based on your times and adjustable settings. They do not detect sleep stages and are not medical advice. Do not reduce your sleep opportunity just to match a cycle count. Seek professional care for persistent sleepiness or sleep-health concerns.
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With 7 hours 30 minutes planned sleep, 15 minutes to settle and 45 minutes to wind down, the checkpoints are 10:30 PM, 11:15 PM, 11:30 PM and 7 AM. The evening times are the previous day. Changing the buffers moves evening checkpoints while keeping the morning fixed.
No. It uses your clock times and adjustable assumptions to plan sleep opportunity. It does not observe sleep or diagnose a condition.
Review a longer sleep opportunity and the commitments around it. Do not shorten sleep just to match a reference block. Seek individual advice for persistent sleepiness or sleep concerns.
Choose your wake-up goal and leave room to settle and wind down. Carry those settings into a reusable BedtimePilot plan.
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